Summer in November!

3 stations touch 90 degrees in Southwest Kansas on November 8th.

A very strong Pacific jet stream extended from northern California through the northern Rockies on Wednesday, November 8th, allowing for pronounced downslope warming over western Kansas. Abundant sunshine allowed surface temperatures to peak in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees.

Station

New Record

Old Record for date

Cimarron

87

79 (2005)

Hays 1S

90

83 (1980)

Healy

90

79 (1912)

Liberal

87

83 (1999)

Medicine Lodge

91

90 (1980)

Ness City

89

78 (1999)

Pratt 3W

89

87 (1980)

Wakeeney

89

82 (1980)

Numbers in red indicate a new or tied all-time high for the month of November.

* These data are unofficial and should be considered preliminary. Official data are reported by National Weather Service cooperative observers at the end of the month.